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This is a figure that I have always wanted to check out ever since I saw him in a Toy Fair magazine so many years ago. And thanks to a subscriber to this channel, Nagging Guy, I have one in my possession to take a look at. So not only am I going to enjoy this figure, you guys are as well. Now, Nagging Guy did not give me this guy, he just gave him to me on loan along with a huge box of various transformers to check out. He actually sent me an Instagram message a couple weeks ago. Notice I was doing a lot of third party legends figures and asked why. And I said, well, I really don't have any new stuff coming in mainline until August. So he said, let me hook you up with some things that I think you'll like to check out. And when I opened the box up and saw this guy, I was like, I have to review Galvatron first. So first off, big shout out to Nagging Guy. Thank you so much for all of the bots. That's going to keep me busy for quite a few months. And without further ado, let's take a look at Beast Wars 2 Galvatron. Now we'll start things off by looking at Galvatron in his gloriously weird looking robot dragon mode. I mean, this thing is just bonkers looking. I love the collar scheme though, very G1 Galvatron with the purples and black. So that is awesome. It's got these wild looking giant shoulder pauldrons there that really, I don't know what to say. This is an odd looking figure. Taking a closer look at him. Love the dragon head sculpt. I mean, there is great sculpted details all over this figure, along with some fantastic looking paint applications. He's got painted silver teeth, green eyes. I guess those are like gills right there or something. Lots of articulation and the neck can go up and down, side to side and rotate just a little bit. But you've got those shoulder pauldrons going along for the ride. Now you can pop the shoulder pauldrons off from what I've read on the internet, but this isn't my figure as I've said before and GPS is a concern with this figure. But I've been messing around with him for a couple of days, haven't seen any issues whatsoever, but still I'm not going to risk popping these on and off. Down here on the dragon legs, this looks really weird, but he's got knee gatlin guns. Maybe this section here holds all the ammunition, so that's kind of very odd. I mean, this whole figure is just odd. I love it. Got great sculpted detail down here on the tail into this pincher. And these pinchers are actually little missiles that you could launch off. There's a trigger right here and each side fires. And actually shoots pretty good. Of course, you've got the tail looking like that now. Let's go ahead and pop these back in. I miss spring-loaded gimmicks. And speaking of gimmicks, the wings. I guess those are wings. They can flap. There's a lever right here. Move this up and down and they kind of flap. It's not great. As you see, I have to lift this up because it kind of folds down into place here. And it just doesn't... I can't get it to really work just like so. But you saw what it does, the wings flap. He has these little tiny dragon arms right here. Once again, very well sculpted. I mean, the sculpting on this thing is awesome. I mean, most Beast Wars figures were sculpted really, really well. And this one's no exception whatsoever. He's just totally bonkers. I mean, I dig it. Let's go into more articulation. I am all over the place with this review, so I am sorry. Like I said, you've got all the articulation here in the neck. These little arms can move up and down if you get the shoulder pylon out of the way. There's a shoulder rotation. There's an elbow rotation. Excuse me, bicep bend. The legs can move back and forth. The knees can move back and forth slightly. But like I said, you've got all that junk right there. No articulation for the tail. And then of course you saw the articulation for the wings. So now let's go ahead and get Galvatron transformed into his second mode. This Galvatron is a triple changer. So what we're going to do is take the horn that's here on his head and we're going to fold that down up over his nose. And then we're going to take these shoulder pauldrons and we're going to rotate these around. Like I said, I'm going to be very careful with this. Got to make sure and clear the... Get this cleared. I do not want to damage this figure. So get that rotated around and see there's a port right there that's going to match up to that peg on the dragon's neck. Go ahead and line that up. Let's see, I think I got to get both these together. There we go. Get that head straightened up. And get these squeezed together. Let's do one side, then the other. So now you got that going on. Next thing we're going to do is go ahead and flip these red sections out here. Then you're going to collapse the dragon feet up into the knees. Just like that. Make sure the gatlin gun is still facing forward. Do the same here on this side. It goes right into place. And go ahead and unsnap the legs here. Bring this little section up and then you're going to bring the legs back in and collapse these together. This figure's got some size to him. I keep almost hitting the camera. So we've got that going on. You got this little section right here. We're going to flip this around and over. Just like so. Covers up all the stuff right there. Make sure the dragon feet are all the way in. That's going to peg into place. Now we're going to bring the legs up and just collapse them in. Let's see. There you go. And you'll see this little peg right here that's going to match up to that hole. Go ahead and get that lined up there on that side. Do the same on the other. Just rotate the leg around accordingly. Get the little arms out of the way. Sorry if I hit the camera. Get that pegged in. That pegged in. Now just make sure and collapse those all in nice and tight. Now a couple of different options you can do. You've got the dragon arms right here. You can fold the arms up and under the wings. But I don't really like that. See, it causes those to pop off. I am not ready to show that off yet. So what I'm going to do, go ahead and bring the wings back. And down like so. Do that here on this side. Back and down. And then just bring the arms up and over. And there we have Galvatron in his drill tank mode. Yes, this is a drill tank. It's nothing else. I don't care what you think you see. This is a drill tank. The only thing this is going to penetrate is dirt. So there you go. There's Galvatron's drill tank. And that is something just really carries over all of that odd. Make sure you get everything pegged in right there. Now if you look closely, it's kind of an homage to Galvatron's cannon mode from G1. You've got the gold and the purple there. So it's kind of a reach, but I see it. There is a gimmick with the drill tank. You've got this little plunger right here. Just move that up and down. And he just gets to drilling. He can drill all day. So pretty cool. You got wheels underneath. So now he can move around slightly. It's not the greatest. Man, I can't talk. He's got the Gatlin guns right there on the front. He's got the missiles here on the back. I like how the paint applications right here make it look like he has a little cockpit right there. So yeah, there is Galvatron's drill tank. Just you don't see drill tanks very often anymore. Drill tanks were so prevalent back in the 80s and 90s. So pretty much that's it for the drill tank. Now let's go ahead and get Galvatron transformed into his robot mode. The first thing we're going to do, let's go ahead and pop the legs out from under here. And straighten these out. You're going to want to flip this section out once again. Bring the Gatlin cannons down. Extend the other leg. Flip this panel out. Bring the Gatlin cannon down. Now we're going to take this section right here, the heel spar of the dragon. Lift that up. Bring the red section up. Those will form Galvatron's feet. Now we are going to rotate the top here. Let's see. Well, first thing we'll do before we do that is go ahead and unsnap the wing section. It just pegs in right there. Put that to the side. Now, let's see if I can get this to rotate around. You may have to do a little bit more here. Let's see. Okay, let's take the tail. We are going to split the tail right down the middle. It is sometimes a pain. It really snaps together good there at the tip. So we're going to bring the tail down and around, and it's going to peg in just like that. So bring this down. Let's see a little tab right there. Just peg that in. Go ahead and flip out Galvatron's head. Now, let's see if I can get this to rotate like it's supposed to. Get the head up. Bring this chest piece up. There we go. So once that's up and out of the way, you can rotate the lower body. Bring the arms around. Make sure these shoulder sections here are facing up with the red facing towards you. Go ahead and rotate the arms while folding this section of the tail up. And it's going to snap in right there. See that peg or that hole? Going to line up to that peg. Snap into place. Same thing on this side. Of course, doing that reveals Galvatron's fist, and you can launch the missile. And then you've got the big drill section. All you're going to do with this is fold it straight down. And there you have Beast Wars II Galvatron in robot mode. And just like the other modes, gloriously odd-looking butt. Let's go ahead and bring the arms down. So there you go. So close to look at him. He's got Beast Wars Megatron's face. He's got that scowl. He's got a really cool glass marble right there. I really dig that. You don't see very often in a Transformer figure. Great paint applications. The guy is bright and colorful. And like I said, just really, really odd. He's got the Gatlin guns there on the knees. And man, I don't know. I am so taken aback by just how goofy this figure is. Now, you've got his big wing pack here. So what you're going to do with this is unfold this, or unsnap the wings here, just like so. And then you rotate these around. So you've got this gigantic claw weapon. See if I can get that to work. It's very stiff. Maybe. I don't know what this is. I have such a difficult time doing this. It's got two levers. It's got one underneath here, one on the top. I need to bring it down a little farther. Come on, work for me. So there you go. There is the giant pinchy claw. And you can put that in his hand like so, which just really adds to the oddness of the character. You've got Galvatron with a, I'm going to pinch you claw. So yeah, weird. So remove that. Not a big fan of that. You can go ahead and fire off the missiles here. And these will actually form melee weapons. And you can put these in Galvatron's fists just like so. You can take the wings, fold these back, and actually clip this back on the back of Galvatron. Let's see. Let's bring the wings down. So after you get the wings attached, you can actually put those on, bring them straight down, pop them right off again, bring the wings straight down, and he kind of has a cape maybe. So yeah. Another issue with Galvatron is he has got one hell of a backpack. And there's nothing you can really do with the giant drill. I guess you can kind of bring it out slightly, but it's going to pop out everything and still really making back heavy. But he stands pretty good because, well, he forms a tripod. Now articulation for Galvatron in robot mode. The head can rotate. It can't really do a complete 360. It just looks side to side. The shoulders can do a complete 360 as well. The arms can go out. They can go in. There is a bicep bend and a shoulder rotation. And actually, surprisingly, a wrist rotation. Due to transformation, the waist can rotate. Legs can go out. They can go in. They can go forward. They can go back. And he's got a really, really deep knee bend. So he's got a lot of articulation for what he is. So there you go, guys. There you have the wonderfully odd Beast Wars 2 Galvatron. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is Beast Wars 2 Galvatron with Beast Wars Megatron. Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Megatron. And see what I mean? They have the same face. And Generation Selects Galvatron 2. 1998's Beast Wars 2 Galvatron is definitely an odd Transformers toy. But man, is he a ton of fun. He's just weird and wonderful. Dragon Mode is off the chain. The Drill Tank Mode is just words barely describe that thing. And the Robot Mode is just gloriously colorful and just bonkers. This figure is amazing. And I am so glad that I finally got ahold of one. So there you go, guys. 1998's Beast Wars 2 Galvatron. So does the 1998 Beast Wars 2 Galvatron belong in your collection? Well, if you're a hardcore Beast Wars fan or a Japanese Beast War fan, absolutely. This is an amazing figure. He is just so completely off the wall. I love him. I think I'm going to have to go on eBay and see if I can find one for myself. Now, as I mentioned earlier, he does have issues with GPS, so I've heard. But this one right here, that nagging guy lent me, seems to have no problem whatsoever. So this seems like a very solid figure. So maybe it was just a first run or who knows. But if you're looking for one on eBay, they are pretty expensive. The one I'm looking at right now is about $120. And I'm still like, do I want to? It's just one of those things. So yeah, if you're into the Japanese figures, pick this guy up. I think you're really going to like him. Just make sure you read the description and make sure there's no GPS. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like. 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